Hey guys a little background on me first. So about 3 months ago I got perscribed 0.5 xanax for my severe anxiety, and when I mean severe I mean it's gotten so bad that I have gotten to the point where I think about just ending my misery. I have a herniated disk with nerve damage which cause me to have horrible migraines and constant pain in my back and down my legs. As for my anxiety it's so bad that when I leave my house I get panic attacks, my heart beats a million miles an hour, and when I try to talk to a girl my mind just goes blank like I can't think of 1 normal thing to say to a girl. When I first got the xanax a 0.5 was enough to alleviate some of the anxiety, but because Ive been taking it pretty much every day for the last 3 months my tolerance has skyrocketed meaning now I need 3-4 mg's to feel the effects. I have a steady source of the green hulk bars with the 3 on them even tho I'm fairly sure there only 2 mg's. I'm going to see my doc in a couple days and was wondering if I should give a different benzo a shot say something like valium because like I said before I have a pretty steady supply of hulk bars. So when I get those breakthrough panic attacks I can just pop the xanax. So my question is should I just stay on the xanax even tho my tolerance will probably be through the roof by the end of this year since it actually does do wonders for my condition? Anybody else who suffers from extreme social anxiety I would love to hear how you guys handle your situations. Sorry for the long post but this is only my 2nd thread and I am also unsure if this is even in the right section so again my apologies too the mods if it isn't. I'm also 23 male if that matters at all.